Join children’s book author, writer, blogger and podcaster, Alison Paul Klakowicz, on her journey to inspire! By way of guest interviews, book reviews, life as a military spouse living in her home state of North Carolina– and so much more!
I've been putting off going to the mechanic to have my rear passenger side tire looked at— the one I've been putting air in for the past month due to a slow leak. Undoubtedly, victim to a stray nail left behind in my garage or along the roadway somewhere. My usual mechanic here in Fayetteville,… Continue reading Serendipity, Inspiration, Fellowship, AND Stephen King, Found at the Automotive Shop
Pie heaven exists. Seriously. And, it is right here in Fayetteville, North Carolina. I mean— straight up culinary wizardry—make your mouth water at a simple whiff of the carb-elicious, magnificence headed your way. It's called Fayetteville Pie Company— and it is sooooooo dang good, y'all! The "slap your preacher" kind of good, btw. The sad… Continue reading I’ve died and gone to pie heaven.
Five years ago, my family found a treasure tucked away on a winding country road on the edges of Cumberland County, North Carolina not far from our home in Fayetteville. A sacred place where we would find contentment, quiet moments of togetherness and joyful, sugar-filled hikes along green pastures and wooded trails. Five years ago,… Continue reading Contentment Found at Gillis Hill Farm
I have always loved bookstores— especially the small, independent bookshops in little nooks and crannies. The ones made with brick and mortar on downtown streets with glass window fronts with pleasant displays of books and more books that beg you to visit. The sound of a bell's chime 🔔 when you enter the door 🚪… Continue reading Visit Bookstores
Some of my fondest childhood memories are those snuggled up to my mother while she read bedtime stories to my brother and me. The simplicity and sanctitude of those memories are like tiny perfect pearls all strung together in a perfect circle of life. Now that I am a mother, I carry on this nighttime… Continue reading Read to Children
This morning I woke up sleepy eyed and went through my normal routine of splashing my face with water, and huddling up the stairs to wake my child for school— then pouring my first strong, hot cup of coffee of the day— longing to be perked up and conquer. I had a late night the… Continue reading Indivisible through Faith
Ten years ago, I left a cozy boho, beach life in Wilmington, North Carolina and moved two hours west to Fayetteville, North Carolina. I was newly engaged to marry my Green Beret beau— bordering on life as a soon-to-be Army wife. As most native North Carolinians, I had some bias and underestimated visions of what… Continue reading Thank You, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Self-Doubt is a cancer that feeds on your every insecurity. Even when things are going well in your life, self-doubt creeps up your spine through your organs, into your neck and right into your brain. It spreads and spreads— and before you know it, you talk yourself out of everything you wish to accomplish. But,… Continue reading Self-Doubt is Just the Worst!
https://anchor.fm/jalisonpaulyahoocom/episodes/What-is-Love-e37pa7 Over my four and a half decades of life, I have sought love. When I was young I sought romantic love. Plucking flower petals and saying the words with each petal tossed, "He loves. He loves me not." At times, I accepted dysfunctional love which was not love at all. Just a filler that… Continue reading What is Love?
Plain and simple. Wrinkles and freckles. Big, dark spots on my face, arms and neck. A chipped front tooth. Fat rolls and gray hairs. And I am okay with it all. It's just who I am. A part of me. I've earned each of these imperfections. Like tiny rewards for the past 43 years on… Continue reading This Is Me.
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